CVE-2004-1316

Medium

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in MSG_UnEscapeSearchUrl in nsNNTPProtocol.cpp for Mozilla 1.7.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an NNTP URL (news:) with a trailing '\' (backslash) character, which prevents a string from being NULL terminated.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla
PublishedDec 29, 2004
First seenDec 29, 2004

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla mozillaNo range specified, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3—

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